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Dagdag na mga sintomas ang na diskubre pa ng mga health experts sa pagkakaroon ng covid-19, ito ay ang pagtatae, pagsusuka at kawalan ng ganang kumain.
May isinagawang pag-aaral sa 204 na pasyente sa Wuhan, ground-zero ng Covid-19 outbreak, nakita sa 99 na pasyente (48.5%) na pumupunta sa hospital ay may digestive issues na syang pangunahing karamdaman.
Karamihan sa mga taong ito ay walang anumang underlying digestive diseases.
Walang ganang kumain (83%) at pagtatae (29%) ay ang mga main na sintomas para sa pasyenteng nagpapakita ng digestive problems.
Dagdag pa sa ulat ng Daily Mail:
Most patients did also experience respiratory issues — such as a persistent dry cough or trouble breathing — as well as digestive concerns, but seven patients in the study showed only digestive symptoms.
The study, conducted by Chinese researchers, has been scrutinised by other academics and published this week in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Researchers studied 107 men and 94 women with an average age of 55 that had all tested positive for COVID-19 between January 18 and February 28.
Ninety-nine had digestive symptoms and 92 of these also suffered with respiratory problems as a result of the infection.
The researchers add: 'Among the 105 patients without digestive symptoms, 85 presented only with respiratory symptoms, and 20 neither had respiratory nor digestive symptoms as their chief complain.'
The study also found the digestive issues worsened as the severity of the disease increased.
Patients without digestive symptoms in this study were more likely to be cured and discharged than patients with digestive symptoms, the scientists say.
Around a third (34.3 per cent) of patients that did experience digestive problems were discharged by March 5, when the study stopped collecting data.
The researchers write in their research: 'We found that digestive symptoms are a common presenting complaint in patients with COVID-19.
'Compared to patients without digestive symptoms, those presenting with digestive symptoms have a longer time from onset to admission and a worse prognosis.'
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